Three days have passed...Its now Thursday
"Al, Al are you listening to me?.. What's going on with you, you've been spacey the last few days." Jodie asked.
" Huh? Oh sorry I just haven't been sleeping well the past couple of days" Alex lied, she knew exactly why she was spacing out. She was thinking about Marissa, the same way she had been since that day at the mall. She couldn't tell Jodie because she knew what she would say ' Don't fall in love with the straight girl Al' Alex knew this of course but still she couldn't shake the thoughts from her head.
" Yea well I think there's something else... I don't like when you hide things from me...It isn't that girl is it?" Jodie inquired.
" What? Marissa.. No not at all I told you im not hiding anything its just sleep deprivation"
"If you say so." Jodie gave up knowing if Alex really didn't want to talk about it she wasn't going to.
Just as Alex was about to reassure Jodie her phone rings... She looks at the caller id and doesn't recognize the number but does see that its an orange county area code. " Hey Jo, I have a meeting with my boss so I'll catch up with you later ok?" Alex asks this as she is rushing off in the direction of the office.
When she is safely away from Jodie she answers her the phone "Hello?"
"Hey stranger!" Marissa says cheerfully on the other line.
"Who is this?" Alex asks, knowing full well who she was talking to.
"Forgotten me already? Its only been three days." Marissa replied disappointedly.
"Well you see I have a lot of girlfriends at the moment so its hard to keep track." Alex said while trying to suppress a laugh.
"Alex your not as funny and charming as you think you are," Marissa said finally catching on.
"Of course I am or else you wouldn't still be talking to me," Alex stated in her matter of fact voice. "So are you going to tell me your name or what?"
"You might be even more sarcastic than your cousin, who says hi by the way."
"Yea maybe but Im way hotter... so you do got to harbor... is my cous popular or do you just hang with the loser crowd?" Alex questioned.
" Neither actually we just happen to be neighbors that and I used to date his brother."
" Well I can officially never talk to you again"
"Why?"
"Simply because you were stupid enough to date Ryan..but I guess I can give you credit that your not still with him" " Well as long as it is you that did the dumping"
"Rest assured I did... but it was really hard cause he really isn't that bad of a guy I was really upset over it until..."
"Until what?" inquired Alex
"Well I was sexually harassed in the mall on Monday by this really hot blonde..." Marissa stated trying not to laugh. "... I mean it kinda ruined my day because I couldn't think of anything else after that."
"Well that's a serious problem to have...You should probably go out with that person so you can stop thinking about it."
"I was supposed to but she can't seem to remember my name so I guess we aren't anymore" Marissa smirked.
" I guess you weren't that good looking then"
"HEY!"
"I'm just kidding gorgeous, but um Marissa is there any chance we can have our dinner tonight because tomorrow's gonna be really hectic?"
"Sure but Summer is so gonna go rage blackout on you for stealing her shopping day... where are we eating by the way?"
"Someplace nice and that's all the information you're getting."
" Alex!"
"Nope don't whine, we aren't dating yet, telling you will spoil the surprise."
" Fine, Fine"
"Alright gorgeous I should probably go I have a meeting to go to before tonight."
"Yea me too since apparently I am leaving during lunch to get ready for my date."
"I'll call you later, bye."
"I'll be waiting" Marissa said sarcastically
"Yea I know." Alex responded slyly before hanging up.